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diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/176.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/176.rtfd/TXT.rtf new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0f82bc4e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Ledger.scriv/176.rtfd/TXT.rtf @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf460 +{\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;} +{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} +\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\sl264\slmult1\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural + +\f0\fs28 \cf0 If your ledger file uses the standard top-level accounts: Assets,\ +Liabilities, Income, Expenses, Equity: then the following queries will\ +enable you to generate some typical accounting reports from your data.\ +\ +Your @emph\{net worth\} can be determined by balancing assets against\ +liabilities:\ +\ +@example\ +ledger bal ^assets ^liab\ +@end example\ +\ +By removing long-term investment and loan accounts, you can see your\ +current net liquidity (or liquid net worth):\ +\ +@example\ +ledger bal ^assets ^liab -retirement -brokerage -loan\ +@end example\ +\ +Balancing expenses against income yields your @emph\{cash flow\}, or net\ +profit/loss:\ +\ +@example\ +ledger bal ^exp ^inc\ +@end example\ +\ +In this case, if the number is positive it means you spent more than\ +you earned during the report period.\ +\ +@c ----------------------------------------------------------------------\ +\ +The most often used command is the ``balance'' command:\ +\ +@example\ +export LEDGER=/home/johnw/doc/ledger.dat\ +ledger balance\ +@end example\ +\ +Here I've set my Ledger environment variable to point to where my\ +ledger file is hiding. Thereafter, I needn't specify it again.}
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